With new focus on Haiti’s payments to France to compensate enslavers, here’s a look at how this happened in the United States, too. By Gillian Brockell, The Washington Post —…
During the year 1791, enslaved Haitians ousted the French and founded a nation. But France made generations of Haitians pay for their freedom. How much it cost them was a…
By Kathleen Thompson Kilts — Recently, I was back in my homeland Jamaica when the Prince and Duchess of Wales visited for two days– 22nd – 24th March, 2022. While…
By The Crimson Editorial Board — (Staff editorials solely represent the majority view of The Crimson Editorial Board) Slavery is cemented into Harvard’s foundation. From the names of buildings and professorships to…
Weeks after William and Kate’s controversial Caribbean tour, more nations signal plans to ditch the monarchy By Shanti Das, The Guardian — Sitting across from the prime minister of Antigua and…
Friday, April 22, 2022 — A Public Discussion and Reflections on the Historic 2015 International Reparations Summit With the National African American Reparations Commission and the Caricom Reparations Commission. See…
In the middle of April, 2015 at York College in New York City, some 200 reparations leaders from 22 countries came together in a strong show of international solidarity at…
Research commissioned by Bank in the wake of Black Lives Matter uncovers grim history of colonial Grenada. By Jasper Jolly — In the late 18th century Britain’s Caribbean island colony…
IN SUMMARY A task force is helping state officials examine how African Americans have been harmed by slavery and systemic racism and, weighing that, how the state should respond. What…
By Michael Harriot, TheGrio — On Sept. 30, 2020, 401 years after human traffickers landed in Virginia and sold Africans to English settlers, California lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 3121. The legislation…
Above is a video version of the interactive map on Slate that demonstrates the scale of the transatlantic slave trade. By the conclusion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the…
While it is difficult to say how much of the royal family’s wealth is owed to the slave trade, the past links date back to the 16th century. By Tobi…